Date: 23.01.2019.

On 29 January, the Bank of Lithuania will issue into circulation two collector coins dedicated to smelt fishing by attracting – a €1.5 coin from a copper-nickel alloy and a €10 silver coin. The advance sale starts today, on 22 January, via the Bank of Lithuania.

Germany's wood fiberboard manufacturer Homanit Holding, which a year ago dropped plans to purchase a subsidiary of Lithuania's wood processing group Grigeo, is planning to build a production facility close to Vilnius, informed Invest Litthuania.

The European Commission on Wednesday presented the first thorough report on so-called golden passports and visas or investor citizenship and residence schemes in the European Union and warned against the dangers originating from them, reported LETA/BNS.

Skinest Baltija has submitted the best bid in a tender to rebuild a 19-kilometer section of railway between the Lithuanian town of Mazeikiai and Renge, in Latvia, but a 10-million-euro contract with the company that is part of the Estonian railway services and investment group Skinest Rail is yet to be cleared by a Lithuanian government commission, reported LETA/BNS.

EU economy’s future: slow but positive growthGrowth in all EU states will continue in 2019-20, though at a slower pace than before. The largest EU’s economies will grow at around 1,5-1,7%, mostly in Poland, Spain and Holland. The Baltic States’ growth will continue to be on the positive trend.